STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Mayor Bill de Blasio takes personal trips on the public dime and effectively jumps the turnstiles by not paying when he rides the rails as the top executive of New York City, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The mayor has the taxpayers pay for his travels in city vehicles outside of the five boroughs that do not involve his official duties, the Journal claims.

On Tuesday, the Journal observed the mayor taking the subway without paying while promoting the city's bid for the Democratic Party's 2016 national convention.

Since de Blasio took office in January, he has taken a number of personal trips on weekends out of state, including to Massachusetts for a family funeral and also a personal jaunt to Atlantic City. The NYPD, which provides vehicles and security, picked up the tab for those travels, according to the Journal.